Christmas Around the World

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A Madagascar Father Chrismas walks in the dusty street of Ambohibary, 150km from Antananarivo, greeting children on December 25, 2013, days after Madagsacar went to the polls to vote in a Presidential election . Observers certified Madagascar's run-off presidential polls as free, credible and democratic on Sunday, urging bickering candidates to stay calm as counting continued after the vote to restore democracy.

A Madagascar Father Chrismas walks in the dusty street of Ambohibary, 150km from Antananarivo, greeting children on December 25, 2013, days after Madagsacar went to the polls to vote in a Presidential election . Observers certified Madagascar's run-off presidential polls as free, credible and democratic on Sunday, urging bickering candidates to stay calm as counting continued after the vote to restore democracy. (ALEXANDER JOE / AFP/Getty Images)

A Madagascar Father Chrismas walks in the dusty street of Ambohibary, 150km from Antananarivo, greeting children on December 25, 2013, days after Madagsacar went to the polls to vote in a Presidential election . Observers certified Madagascar's run-off presidential polls as free, credible and democratic on Sunday, urging bickering candidates to stay calm as counting continued after the vote to restore democracy.